About Me

I have been married for 7 years to my wonderful husband. I am a pre k teacher and have been teaching for 10 years! I am a christian and try to follow God's path in all that I do!
Brandon and I tried to concieve since February of 2007. Since July of 2008 we saw a RE to help along the process. In January of 2010 we were blessed with a beautiful daughter! We are now on roller coaster again trying to conceive number 2!!

My Favorite Quotes!!

"The more you are focused on time-past and future-the more you miss the now, the most precious thing there is. Life is NOW." Eckhart Tolle"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though EVERYTHING is a miracle!"

Our Journey in a Nutshell!

October 2005-Brandon gets back from Iraq!November2005-We get married..say that we won't have children for awhile.Februrary2007-Stop taking birth control pills, start trying to have a baby...thought it would be EASY!!August2007-buy a house and start remodeling it...take a break from TTC while doing the remodel.November2007-start ttc againJune2008-start worrying that something may be wrong.July2008-went to RE for consultation..find good sperm count but a few problems with motility. Puts me on clomid 50 mg.Aug2008-2 follicles IUI #1=bfnSeptember2008-Clomid 50 mg, 2 follicles, IUI #2=BFNOctober2008-Clomid 50 mg....Got very sick, bad virus, dyhdrated went to hospital, IUI #3 cancelled.November2008-Clomid 50 mg...1 follicle, IUI #3 BFNCall dr and he says I have to take the month off and come in for a consultation on Dec 30 to discuss next path.December2008-consultation, discuss different options, decide on IVF as our next step. They say to call when I start my period and then do Clomid challenge test.January 2009- pass clomid challenge test, IUI #4IUI#4-BFNMarch 2009-start birth control and baby asprin for IVFApril-birth control, baby asprin, prenantal vitamins. Stop birth control on April 19th.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Updates

This whole week I have been busy with Vacation Bible School. I don't like to be in charge of a class since I have that to worry about all year long. Instead, I have the joy of working with a wonderful woman and her daughter in the crafts department. We set up craft projects for different grades and they alternate through at different times. It's laid back and fun. I really enjoyed it but it wore me out;) I don't know how people teach all day in their first trimester!! God must have known I'd be tired and that's why he waited so long to bless me with this pregnancy;) He knew I needed the beginning to be in the summer!!Everyday at around 2:00 I am exhausted and have to take a nap. I haven't been feeling that nauseous except at night. For some reason meat really turns me off in the evening. I cook meat for Brandon to eat but I can only eat some of the sides. I have not thrown up though which I guess is good. So I'm just tired and feel a somewhat sick at night. Other than that I really don't have any symptoms. My boobs don't hurt. I wish they did so I would worry less! I am still spotting but it's still brown..hopefully nothing to worry about. I do have an EMBARRASSING question though. Has anyone had a problem with excessive body hair? I have a line of dark hair growing on my stomach and I DON"T like it!! If you had this what did you do to get rid of it that was safe?? I read that body hair bleach or Nair is okay to use but I'm a little afraid to use it. If you had this problem please let me know;) I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Holy cow the first trimester was brutal at school! By lunch time I was ready to curl up and sleep. The kids thought it was funny and they'd say "You look tired." to which I'd reply "Am I ever NOT tired??" Of course by then they knew the answer was no!

As for the hair... I have some on my lower belly near the belly button. As my belly as gotten so huge it's harder to see now. :P I haven't done anything with it... I figure I'll deal with it once the babies come. Until then the hubby can just laugh at me!!

I am so relieved to hear someone else discuss this body hair thing. I am very fair and normally all my body hair is like peach fuzz...but a couple of weeks after my pregnancy test it started getting darker and darker...now I have a line going down my upper stomach and a whole bunch on my lower belly. I can understand the others suggesting shaving or plucking but I don't want to do that lest it keep growing back darker and coarser (mine is also way too much to pluck). I asked my doctor about it last week and she said totally normal, it will return to light color after the baby comes.

I know -- it is embarrassing! I will be on the lookout for a solution but I am sad to say that I think we're stuck with it for the next seven months or so! And something tells me that this will be the least of our worries once other symptoms of later pregnancy start popping up. How's that for uplifting?? :) At least we have this problem to deal with!

I had the hair issue and it is supposed to go away after pregnancy. Mine did not and I know that is gross but it's just a small spot on my tummy. But, it is SUPPOSED to go away (I think mine didn't because I shaved it and I DO NOT recommend doing that)

I read your blog and figured I better come out of the shadows after reading about the belly hair issue. I have A LOT of hair on my belly from my pregnancy that was not there before. I always give people a disclaimer when they want to take a peek. I figure that it is there for a reason so as much as I don't like it, I will just deal with it until the pregnancy is over (my husband hates it though).

I have belly hair too. It started off as a trail like you're explaining, but now it is just kind of all over. Luckily mine is blond and not too noticable. It does get longer though.

I remember my first trimester at school. It was hard, but at least I was not too sick. I was really tired and people kept asking me if I was okay. I'm actually glad now I'm not working in my third trimester. It seems like it's going to be a lot harder on me physically than the first.